William Mavity (son of Robert Mavity and Margaret Morton) was born November 09, 1747 in Ireland, and died 1834 in Ripley County, Indiana. He married Mary Jones on 1775 in Franklin County, Virginia, daughter of Robert Jones III and Martha Riley.
William Mavity, who married Mary Jones, was the son of Robert Mavity and Margaret Morton who came to Virginia about 1765 from Ireland, where William was born on 08 November 1747. Mavity was spelled McVity, McVitty and Mavitty in public records. It was written McVeatey on a survey to Robert Mavity on 15 November 1769 for 193 acres of land on the South Fork of the Pigg River. When Robert transferred this tract to William on 05 November 1773, their name was spelled Mavety. William Mavity was in the Henry County, Virginia, Militia and Sergeant Major of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment of Virginia Troops, commanded by Colonel Waller. He was at the siege and surrender at Yorktown. William Mavity and Mary Jones had ten children: John Mavity, the Methodist minister who preached in Montgomery County, Kentucky, and the surrounding area in 1810; William Mavity, Jr,; Mary Mavity; Martha Mavity; Margaret Mavity; Jesse Mavity; James Mavity; David Mavity; Morton Mavity; and Wesley Mavity. In 1824, William and Mary sold their land in Franklin County, Virginia, excepting one square perch of the 495 acres which was set aside as the Family graveyard, and moved to Indiana, where William entered land in Ripley County on the Michigan Road. Mary Jones Mavity died between 1825 and 1830 and William Mavity died between 1830 and 1834. They were buried on their farm.
Children of William Mavity and Mary Jones are: i.+John Mavity, b. July 12, 1776, Franklin County, Virginia, d. October 1826, Ripley County, Indiana.
ii.William Mavity, b. 1780, d. August 08, 1834, Wabash, Illinois.
iii.Jesse Mavity, b. 1791, Franklin County, Virginia, d. 1865, Monroe County, Tennessee.
iv.Mary Mavity.
v.Martha Mavity.
vi.Margaret Mavity.
vii.James Mavity.
viii.David Mavity.
ix.Morton Mavity.
x.Wesley Mavity.
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